Once in Bonn, a kippah wearing man attacked had been organized, the city is now a “kippah”. The number of religion hostile to crime has increased in the past years in Germany.
A Jewish scientist from the USA was approached this past Wednesday by a man in Bonn on his kippah and offended. According to police sources, the attacker was pushed, a 20-year-old German with Palestinian roots, the 50-year-old University Professor on several occasions, the headdress from the head and against the shoulder hit. The words were like “No Jew in Germany”.
The alarm is raised, the police kept the visiting Professor is initially mistaken for the culprit and was rabidly against him. Since then, it is determined against four officials.
The day of the kippah was originally planned for November
As a reaction to this anti-Semitic attack of Bonn has organised a “day of the kippah”, in which participants are asked, the religious head covering to bring. From 15 PM on the 19. July on the market square of the city before the Old city hall next to mayor Ashok Sridharan is the Chairman of the Jewish community of Bonn, Margaret Traub, and the Senior Director for policy and program coordination at the climate Secretariat of the United Nations, Martin Frick to speak.
The “day of the Kippa” was planned according to the city originally for November of this year. He would have preferred to the current events now, according to the mayor. The event should make it clear that anti-Semitism had no place in Bonn, Germany.
Anti-Semitic attacks in Düsseldorf and Berlin
In the past few months, several anti-Semitic attacks in Germany were known as: last Friday (13.07.2018) had been offended in Düsseldorf, also a young man with a kippah, apparently because of his Jewish religion and jostled.
Attention to the cause of an attack in April, which took place in Berlin. A young Jewish man with a yarmulke was attacked by a 19-year-old Syrians with a belt and beaten. The victim filmed the attack with his cell phone and turned the Video into the network. In several German cities, there were expressions of solidarity. Under the Motto “Berlin is wearing a kippah” gathered in the capital city alone more than 2000 people.
Increase in religion hostile to crime
For 100 days, in Germany there is the newly created Position of Federal Commissioner for freedom of religion. Markus Grübel was appointed to this office and complained of an increase in the number of religion of hostile crimes in Germany in recent years. “The statistics for the past year 129 Christians enemy, 1.075 Islamophobic and 1,504 anti-Semitic crimes. So there is also in us a need for action,” said the 58-Year-old in the Interview katholisch.de.
Compared with the situation of freedom of religion in many other Parts of the world “we are living in Germany on an island of the Blessed,” he said. It is important to educate in school more tolerance, Grübel. The same is true for those who came as refugees to Germany.
Our photo gallery shows what it means to Wear the yarmulke, and other religious headgear.
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Religious HeadgearKippah
In the 17th century. and 18. Century, there was a kippah (Heb.: Head covering) among the European Jews, and became a religious Symbol. The round cap itself is not decisive, but that pious Jews cover their heads. The Jewish law (Halacha) requires boys and men to cover while Praying in the synagogue or in the study of the Religion of the head.
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Religious HeadgearMitra
The Mitra (end bind) is the liturgical head-covering of the bishops (Bishop’s cap) – especially in the Roman Catholic Church. They came in 11. A century on. On the forehead and side of the Neck on the head-standing sign is located. The inner lining of the mitre is a hat similar to that. Two rear hanging ribbons symbolize the Old and the New Testament.
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Religious HeadgearDastar
Dastar the Turban of the Sikhs, a monotheistic Religion is, in the 15th century. Century was founded in the Punjab (North India). The Dastar is predominantly worn by men in different colors. White is considered the color of wisdom – the Orange is a typical color of the Sikhs. The Dastar is tied every Morning and face down the religious reasons, uncut hair of Sikhs.
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Religious HeadgearChador
Chador means “tent”. It is a large, mostly dark cloth in the Form of a bordered semi-circle, which is wound as a cloak around the head and body. Only the face or parts thereof are left free. Is worn the Chador especially from religiously conservative Muslim women in Iran – and throughout the rest of the clothes.
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Religious HeadgearNuns veil
Order women almost always wear a veil, which is part of the complete garment. In the case of novices, the veil is white mostly, after the vows usually black or has the color of the Habits. This veil, according to the order of different forms. They range from a full covering of hair and neck up to the hair plugged-light headgear.
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Religious HeadgearHead scarf (Islamic)
The headscarf is a religious head covering or an Instrument for the oppression of women? This question is specially discussed in Western societies, again and again violently. It is determined that the head scarf is probably the most known variant for the veiling, and shielding the woman. Turkish women (see picture) tie the head scarf a little differently than the women from the Arab region.
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Religious HeadgearApex
The ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of faith, the Satmarer Chassidim has a paradoxical requirement for women. All the married women of the sect have to shave your real hair and a wig (Yiddish: vertex). The US-American-German author, Deborah Feldman writes about it in her moving autobiographical debut novel, “Unorthodox”.
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Religious HeadgearHat
Fabric and inserted strips of Cardboard, in the middle of a tassel and finished the hat. The headdress for the Roman Catholic clergy is four-edged and about since the 13th century. Century known. In Germany, England, France and the Netherlands, it has four, in other countries, three horns, or arc-shaped articles. Don Camillo says Hello.
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Religious HeadgearTagelmust
A Tagelmust is a with a veil combo Turban worn by Tuareg men in different countries in West Africa. It can be up to 15 meters long. The Tagelmust, a person admission at the age of 15 to 17 years of age in the adult world. He is allowed to make from now on, praying, ablutions, and to the Koranic school. In the Sahara he is at the same time, head and respiratory protection.
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Religious HeadgearShtreimels
Velvet with a wide fur edge, rule, sable tails, are the materials from which Shtreimels are made. Most of these Jewish head is worn covering of married men during religious festivals and celebrations. The Shtreimels originated in the Hasidic communities of South-Eastern Europe (Romania, Hungary, etc.). This Tradition is extinct by the Shoah in Europe, almost.
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Religious HeadgearHat and hood
The Amish have their roots in the reformation Anabaptist movement, especially in Switzerland and southern Germany. Since the early 18th century. Century emigrated, many to North America, where they believe enjoy since freedom. By their Faith they bring, especially the humility of the expression. This is also reflected in their simple clothes. Men wear felt or straw hats, the hoods of women.
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